Logistics company signs over operations to Medtronic
Airways Boulevard site will be the largest distribution center in Medtronic’s network.
Dima Amro
Reporter
Dima Amro is a native Memphian who covers commercial real estate and economic development for The Daily Memphian. She received her B.A. in journalism at the University of Memphis and M.A. in investigative journalism at American University.
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Real EstateHealth care logistics company to create 100 jobs in Southeast Memphis
The company, which is launching a 625,000-square-foot warehouse, signed a 12-year lease earlier this month.
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Real Estate‘We’re just architects’: Cnct Design put in everything for Edge District development
“We want it to be a place that’s for Memphians, by Memphians,” said John Halford, founder of Cnct Design, about the Edge District.
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Real Estate Vacant Downtown building gets $200,000 revitalization loan
The 18 S. Main St. building was formerly owned by developer Tom Intrator — and had been part of his plans for several Main Street properties — but was transferred during an April foreclosure sale.
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Real Estate Downtown businesses receive $119K for renovations
Downtown business owners received money to renovate their properties with plans for a liquor store, cafe and possibly more.
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Ford MegasiteNew Jackson industrial park located with BlueOval in mind
The Ross I-40 industrial park sits roughly 40 minutes from Ford Motor’s BlueOval City in Stanton, Tennessee.
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Real EstateCarhartt opening first store in Memphis
The retailer will fill the last available space in Ridgeway Trace — making the 300,000-square-foot shopping center 100% leased.
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BusinessSign of the future: PURE, xAI teamup shows teens ‘what welding can do’
A decrepit cemetery sign sparked a partnership between a Memphis school and Elon Musk-founded xAI.
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Real EstateInked: Former Germantown coffee spot becomes salon
Plus, a Bartlett shopping center gets a new owner.
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Business Memphis Chamber’s new council, execs will foster global biz, city workforce
“I think one of our first orders of business is just super capitalizing on the word ‘innovation,’” said the Greater Memphis Chamber’s new executive director of the Greater Memphis Workforce Development Board.
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Midtown Prairie Farms Dairy to close Memphis plant
The announcement said Prairie Farms will work with area manufacturers and employment agencies to support transitions.
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Business Greater Memphis Chamber finalist in national competition
The Chamber of the Year winners will be announced Wednesday, July 23, during an awards show, presented by Comcast Business at ACCE’s Annual Convention in Philadelphia.
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MusicMade in Memphis Entertainment office, recording studio for sale
Tony Alexander, president and director of MIME, said the entertainment group does not plan to leave the city, but is ‘testing the waters’ on selling its Union Avenue real estate.
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Real EstateGreater Memphis Chamber to get sign on 100 Peabody Place
“The sign is more than just the letters,” said Ted Townsend, president of the chamber. “It embodies that business is here in our Downtown core.”
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Real EstateNorthside Grill project moves forward
A vacant building in Klondike should soon undergo renovations to become the Northside Grill.
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Visual ArtsNew mural, furniture coming to Edge District alley
An Edge District alley is getting a glow-up.
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Real EstateInked: Adventure park coming to former Wolfchase Sears
Plus, Burlington is moving its Bartlett store.
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Real EstateNew Crosstown Concourse office spaces go on the market for first time
“This is the first time since the inception of the building that we’ve had any substantial or any availability beyond one or two suites. This building offers way more than any other building in this city.”
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Real EstateAshlar Hall gets more time for renovations
Ashlar Hall was approved for a use variance in 2023 to allow an event center on the property. However, that variance was set to expire in September.
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Real Estate Malco Summer Drive-In sold for $2.3 million
Terms of the sale include a condition that the new owners will not operate a movie theater without the written consent of the seller and Malco for the next 20 years.
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Downtown New art gallery to start Downtown test run
Local artist Andre LeMoyne Miller will open an art gallery Saturday, May 31, as part of the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Open on Main initiative.
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Real EstateInked: Germantown Square heads for auction
The shopping center includes Incredible Pizza, the University of Memphis Kemmons Wilson Culinary Institute and The Tile Shop. Plus, an RV park is planned for Cordova.
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Real EstateFill your plate: Memphis business owners test run vacant restaurant sites
Table Ready is designed to fill former Downtown businesses by allowing restaurant owners to try out the property with the Downtown Memphis Commission covering some of the rent and utility costs for a year.
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Real EstateMake-A-Wish child will swim with ‘piggies and sharkies’
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament is the largest donor event to Make-A-Wish Mid-South outside of events curated by the nonprofit.
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Real Estate Edge District restaurants get funding, Downtown adding street musicians
Incoming restaurants in the Edge District received financial backing from the Downtown Memphis Commission, and the Main Street Mall will soon see more musicians.
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